The most popular baby names in Texas the year you were born

Every generation has their own most popular baby name and these are the most popular in Texas each year since 1960. Continue clicking to see the most popular boy and girl baby names in Texas for the past 55 years.

Every generation has their own most popular baby name and these are the most popular in Texas each year since 1960. Continue clicking to see the most popular boy and girl baby names in Texas for the past 55 years.

Names are extremely important as they are the foundation of a person's identity and government data shows that there are certain names that have defined generations.

The Social Security Administration has a database of the top 100 names in Texas for births from 1960 to 2015. From the database, users are able to see the names that were the most popular in any year between the 55-year range.

While the 1960' and '70s were ruled by names like Michael, Christopher, Jennifer and Lisa, the names slowly fell out of favor in the generations following.

Which boy name or girl name topped the most popular list of 2016?

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Each decade appears to have a distinct set of names, one boy and one girl, that rule the generation until new names rise to the top.

For recent years, Noah, Jacob, Emma and Sophia have been ruling the top of Texas' names list, according to the Social Security Administration database. Click through the gallery above to see the top three boy and girl names of the year you were born.